GEORGE MARTIN, THE 'FIFTH BEATLE,' HAS DIED The legendary music producer was 90. [Ed Mazza, HuffPost]OBAMA'S PLAN FOR PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST "President [Barack] Obama, resigned to his failure to broker a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians, is looking past his time in office and weighing a plan that would preserve at least the principle of a two-state solution for his successor to pursue." [NYT] MAN SUSPECTED IN PASTOR SHOOTING ARRESTED OUTSIDE WHITE HOUSE Kyle Andrew Odom was taken into custody after he started throwing items over the White House fence. [CNN]MEET THE WOMAN WHO MIGHT BECOME THE WORLD'S TOP DIPLOMAT Bulgaria's Irina Bokova is in the running to replace U.N. Secretary-general Ban Ki-moon at the end of the year. [Nick Robins-Early, HuffPost]IRAN TESTS MISSILES THAT SAY 'ISRAEL MUST BE WIPED OUT' "Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) test-fired two ballistic missiles on Wednesday morning that it said were designed to be able to hit Israel, defying a threat of new sanctions from the United States." [Reuters]

WHAT’S BREWINGA LESSON IN WHAT NOT TO TWEET "A GOP effort to jab Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), who is currently running for Senate, backfired spectacularly on Tuesday when the National Republican Senatorial Committee sent out a tweet accusing the combat veteran and double amputee of 'not standing up for our veterans.'" [HuffPost]INSIDE CHICK-FIL-A'S INNOVATION CENTER Getting you that chicken sandwich, a couple minutes faster each time. [Buzzfeed]YOU MIGHT BE 'SLANGRY' Which is when you're angry about your lack of sleep. [HuffPost]'GAME OF THRONES' CONTINUES TO TORTURE US About the fate of You-Know-Who in the first full-length trailer for season six. [HuffPost]IN 159 DAYS You can buy Amy Schumer's book. Not that we were counting. [HuffPost]'THE CRUELTY OF KINDNESS' "‘No kill' animal shelters have unleashed an epidemic of suffering. Is a life of misery any better than a quick death?" [Aeon]For more from The Huffington Post, download our app for iOS or Android.WHAT'S WORKINGTOYOTA UNVEILS WEARABLE DEVICE FOR THE BLIND "It’s a gadget worn around the shoulders that will help people navigate their surroundings, filling 'the gaps left by canes, dogs and basic GPS devices.'” [HuffPost]For more, sign up for the What's Working newsletter.BEFORE YOU GO

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